Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-28
SINNER TURN.
Sam Jones and Sam Small are
ElectrifyinR a Minneapolis Au-
dience with Gospel Talk
Jones Talks Very Plainly and
to the Point.-Some Good
Things.
SAM JONEsIsMS

Amusing a Minneapolis Audience.
Both Sam Jones and Brother Small
are laboring with the wicked of the
Twin Cities anu in Minneapolis last
Sunday big crowd was c0Hgregated
TO hear the notorious gospel shouters.
Sandwiched in with Jones talk were
the following original sentiments.
"A man may be u Mugwump, as We
call them that in politics. But there
can be no such thing as religious
Mugwump.n
IL am not here TO run a meeting
specifically in the interests Methodisnl
and l also say, too, with all the con.
sclous manhood Of my nature, / am
not here to deDounce the other demon.
inations in this town. Do you near
that. II these Baptist, Presbyterian
preachers want TO come In this fight,
come in and fight with all your might,
but If you don't want to come IN, God
bless you we can get along without
you aiighty well. And we are not
around TO curry the favor nor beg quar-.
tiers, and If any body asks what church
belong to, you tell 'em Sam Jones
said he WAS Methodist, and tell them
further Than that an not ashamed Of
1t and never expect ~ be-"
There is many professional men,
Der Of the church In this community
that has never taken sides with God
aud right, first on one side and then
on the other, and then come to church
and spread your mouths open and
sing, surely the Captain May De.
pend Oh Me- Depend on you TO cut
and shoot-cut home and shoot under
the bed"
I'D rather belong to the Salvation
Army and wear red shirt and red
breeches, il you please to, than to be
rs trltllng, no account members rs hall
the members Of this town. They are
trying to do something for God aud
humanity, and you know II. Thank
! God for these red shirt fellows. Go il,
boys, 20 it,"
"A barkeeper bet someone be
could nj come up to church aud curse
me out, and the man calie up there
and as l walked up to him commenc.
ed cursing. 1 walked up to him and
said friend, are you saved? He said
no, and commenced cur-ing me again
| said, 'my friend l don't want you IL
curse me again; what are you cursing
me for; quit talking that way ia
church and give your heart to God.
The man Cursed me again. said
now sir. if you curse ME again / an
going TO tie you into a double bow
knot The fellow cursed me again.
| took bim by the back Of the neck
and made double waffle of him OIL
the floor, and the fellow hit the ground
running. Next time saw that fel.
low again, some fellow says there's
your cursing fellow al the alter trying
TO get religion. That fellow was fin
ally converted, wrote NE long letter
begging my pardon and the peoples
pardon for the way had acted.
"The devil himself would undouDt-
edly have something to say against
liquor If he were to come up. The
devil don't like 10 see his people wal.
lowing round in the mire OF drunken
ness. Ii ruins his reputation.
~ told the preachers of Cincinnati
when they get up next sunday morn
ing fold up your manuscript, shut uf
your Bible, read your text out, gel
around among yolr audience and pick
out an old bench-warmer that hal
been doing nothing but laying around
and lead him to the window aud pitcf
him out. Said l, they will have yoI
up tomorrow and make you pay |
fine, but | will pay your fine for you
and when you get to heaven aud ge
up to make a report, you can repor
that you pitched the old bench.wsrme
out OF the window Sunday morning
And the angels Of God will laugh
when they hear you done that much.
II do not knew how many preach
ers we have got here this afternoon
| like you, got nothing against you
but | like you SO that l want you :,
hit better lick. The devil can run /
mile while you are pulling on you
boots. And some sinners can neve
get up on the old sinner till he Is dy
log. And when he lies down to di
they come around TO pray over his olt
carcass and beg God TO have mercy oI
him. But as long as the old creatur
can crawl he can keep ahead OF tn
minister, but as soon as the fellow 90
down so he couldn't kick the preache
overlook him on his dow ward, hell
ward course aud got on top of him.
Now, most preachers will preacl
that no drunkard will enter the king
dom Of hesven-will inherit the king
dom OF God; they can come that IA
and nobody will care. But when the.
walk right up and take their dagge
and stab at the heart Of this inferno
trafiic-they dare not do that why
Because they have got the v hiske,
soaked In their cburches-old, req
nosed devils. And ifany Of those old
red. nosed hounds get 10 heaven d.
will stick mighty close % you sisters
aud want to borrow your whiting l'
fix up his nose; he will be ashamed '.
walk through heaven WITH thst o'u
red nose.
"Try To run n gospel without ten
perance In Il. I'D M soon try " latter
a hog with bis head chopped on
Now and then little fellow wh'
has got a pocket full Of tyne aud bot
tie of ink and one Of those old prcsse
and a juv OF liquor, he calls himself nj
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